| Turtle Take Date: 11/8/08 |
Project: Brazos Island Harbor - Entrance Channel |
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Dredge: B.E. Lindholm
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Observer Name: Mike Gonzalez
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Observer Company: East Coast, Inc.
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Are observer reports available? Yes
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Cubic yards: N/A
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Days worked: N/A
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Hours worked: N/A
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Species: Loggerhead
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Age: Unknown
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Live / Dead: Dead
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Genetic Samples? Yes
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Photos Available? Yes
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Dredge Load: 326
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Load Time: 1432-1712
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Time Recovered: 1716
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Channel Location: Brownsville Channel Stations -6+400 to -13+ 000
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Latitude: N/A
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Longitude: N/A
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Water Surface Temp: 25.5 °C
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Water Column Temp: N/A
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Air Temp: 25 °C
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Weather: Beaufort Scale = 4, clear, falling tide, waves 3-4', winds 11 NNE
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Bycatch associated with take: clay balls
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Location Part Recovered: Port draghead and mid lander
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Description of Part Recovered: 2 pieces: torn, scraped, bones broken, guts and bone exposed, no carapace, little plastron, incised tissue was pink.
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Head Width: 0
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Plastron Length: 0
Plastron Width: 0
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Carapace S.L. Length: 0 cm
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Carapace S.L. Width: 0 cm
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Carapace O.C. Length: 0 cm
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Carapace O.C. Width: 0 cm
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Deflector in use? Yes
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Condition of Screen/Deflector: Good/Good
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Relocation Trawling? Yes
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Windows? No
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Other Protection Methods in Place: N/A
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Data Source: E-mail from Rob Hauch, Incident report, photos, load sheet, daily reports
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Other Remarks: Fore flipper: 36 cm, dumped at dredge dumpsite. Cleared clay from aft lander, collected turtle parts from mud and cleared some cable. Port draghead: loggerhead for flippers and connecting shoulder pieces and some internals attached, flesh pink inside.
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